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Fast Forward Germany Battles New Look Neo-Nazis
Germany’s neo-Nazis are hanging up their bomber jackets, unlacing their black leather boots and even grabbing a bite to eat at their local Turkish kebab shop. Eschewing their predecessors’ fierce aversion to anything “un-German”, they blend into the local community and easily escape detection. But police and experts say this new generation of young fascists…
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Fast Forward Top Court Challenges Affirmative Action Program
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday vigorously challenged a University of Texas admissions program that favors some African-American and Hispanic applicants in a case that could determine how universities use affirmative action at campuses nationwide. The legal battle is the most closely watched case of the court’s current term, striking at the heart of two…
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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Filmmaker Denies Parole Violation
A California man linked to an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests in the Muslim world denied on Wednesday he had violated his probation on a fraud conviction, and was sent back to jail until his case can be heard on its merits. The Egyptian-born man, who has been known publicly as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula,…
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Fast Forward Olmert Hasn’t Decided on Bibi Challenge
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who has just received a slap-on-the-wrist sentence in a corruption case, is considering staging a political comeback in an election early next year, a former aide said on Wednesday. Such a move could shake up a race that opinion polls suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, viewed with suspicion abroad…
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Fast Forward German Cabinet Approves Law Allowing Circumcision
Germany’s cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, which it says will end months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice, causing outrage among Muslims and Jews. The June ruling by a Cologne district court that circumcision constitutes “bodily harm” sparked an emotional national debate…
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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Filmmaker Faces Prison Time
A California man behind an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests in the Muslim world was due in court in Los Angeles on Wednesday for a hearing on whether he violated his probation on a bank fraud conviction and should be sent back to prison. The Egyptian-born man, known publicly as Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, has…
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Fast Forward Robert Lefkowitz Shares Nobel Chemistry Prize
A New York-born biochemist and another American scientist won the 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry for showing how cells in the body respond to stimuli such as a rush of adrenalin, work that is helping the development of more effective drugs, the prize committee said on Wednesday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the…
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Fast Forward Jordan’s King Abdullah Prepares for Elections
Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed reformist politician Abdullah Ensour as Prime Minister on Wednesday to prepare for the country’s first post-Arab Spring parliamentary election, due by early next year, a palace statement said. The monarch had dissolved Jordan’s tribally dominated parliament last week, half-way through its four-year term, paving the way for the election that should…
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